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Thursday, 21 October 2010
Revenue for financial technology firms has increased due to continued focus on innovation among banks, the authors behind a new report have claimed. The rankings of the top 100 financial technology firms by the American Banker, Bank Technology News and IDC Financial Insights showed that revenues for the industry were up by one half of a per cent when compared with the previous year.
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Wednesday, 13 October 2010
Councils could save almost £150 million a year if they made sure they did not pay bills twice, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles claimed today.
Audits of two large councils uncovered over-payments to suppliers totalling more than £550,000, with invoices showing that some bills had been paid as many as three times. If repeated across England, the exercise could save an estimated £147 million.
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Tuesday, 5th October 2010
Two of the big four audit firms are under investigation by the industry's disciplinary body as a result of a wide-ranging Financial Services Authority crackdown on the protection of client assets. The Accountancy & Actuarial Discipline Board (AADB) yesterday said it had begun a second probe into Ernst & Young's role as auditor to Lehman Brothers International (Europe) – the bank whose collapse in September 2008 triggered a global financial meltdown.
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Monday, 4th October 2010
The British banking sector may soon be in need of further government bailouts, a new survey has warned. According to a report from the New Economics Foundation (NEF), high street banks are still overly reliant on funding from the Bank of England.
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Thursday, 30th September 2010
When it comes to bankrupt or near-bankrupt states, the focus right now is all on Europe. We've got Ireland figuring out what to do about Anglo-Irish Bank, with the final bill put at €29.3bn this morning (although it could hit €34bn in a 'severe hypothetical stress scenario'). And we've got the usual rumblings about Greece and Portugal and all the rest just waiting in the wings.
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